Photo by Colin Sussingham 📷
“If you’re not doing shit and you strike out a couple of times, you can just go there and punish yourself.”
After a long hiatus for the “Favorite Spot” series, Farran has brought it back with the second most-requested episode after the Max one. (Which now, makes it the most-requested episode?)
In a city as dense with spots as this one, it’s really something for a spot to feel isolated from the rest of skateboarding, and this one certainly fits the bill — as anyone who has been stuck here watching a friend try a trick can attest. Cyrus Bennett was kind enough to share his history with this innocuous corner of Maspeth on the side of a highway, between two cemeteries.
Edit & Interviews by Farran Golding. Archival footage via Johnny Wilson, Logan Lara and Jesse Alba. Photography by: Colin Sussingham.
Previous Favorite Spots: Andrew Allen on L.A. High, Max Palmer on the Canal Fountain, Dick Rizzo on Grants Tomb, Anthony Van Engelen on the Green Bench, Hjalte Halberg on Jarmers, Gilbert Crockett on Sun Trust & Downtown Richmond
just looked at the map and shocked to learn this thing isnt actually too far from cooper park
Somebody should build a wallenberg roll in and wallie the whole thing
learned fakie flips today in honor